Comparing hair cortisol concentrations from various body sites and serum cortisol in Holstein lactating cows and heifers during thermal comfort zone
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: hair cortisol, heifers, holstein cows, serum cortisol, various body sites
2019
The behaviour of housed dairy cattle with and without pasture access: A review
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, dairy cattle, indoor housing, pasture, precision livestock farming, technologies
2017
Some like it varied: Individual differences in preference for feed variety in dairy heifers
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, curiosity, foraging behaviour, individual differences, neophobia, preference
2017
Availability and use of designated hospital pens in Danish dairy herds
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, denmark, disease incidence, hoof/leg disorders, hospital pen
2016
Behavioural response of dairy cows with and without calf-contact to hair of own and alien calves presented in the milking parlour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: calf rearing, cattle, maternal discrimination, olfaction, young recognition
2016
Gentle interactions decrease the fear of humans in dairy heifers independently of early experience of stroking
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: avoidance distance, calves, cattle, gentle interactions, human-animal relationship, stroking
2016
Management and design of hospital pens relative to behavior of the compromised dairy cow: A questionnaire survey of Iowa dairy farms
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, hospital pens, sickness behavior
2016
A continuous recording approach to qualitative behaviour assessment in dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: continuous recording, mediterranean dairy buffalo, observer training, qualitative behaviour assessment, temporal dominant behavioural expression
2015
The effect of conspecific removal on behavioral and physiological responses of dairy cattle
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, association, calves, conspecific, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cattle, food science & technology, heifers, immune system, immunoglobulin a, milk, salivary iga, secretory immunoglobulins, separation, serum, social behavior
2015
Housing and management factors associated with indicators of dairy cattle welfare
Publication/Journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, environment, housing, management, risk factor
2015